Essential Top 8 Beginners Model Tools for Scale Plastic Modelling - What you need to get started
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- čas přidán 16. 07. 2024
- In this video I go through the essential top 8 beginner's tools for scale plastic modelling, as well as highlighting a couple of pitfalls for you to avoid. I'll also be going over starter model kits in my next video, so be sure to subscribe and click the notification bell to see that when it comes up.
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Video Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:39 #1: Knife
1:57 #2 Side Cutters
2:38 #3 Model Cement
3:39 #4 Filler
4:26 #5 Abrasives
5:26 #6 Brushes
5:56 #7 Paints
7:07 #8 Masking Materials
7:49 Bonus: Pitfalls to avoid
9:41 Summary
11:28 Next Video
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Excellent video! Just coming back to the hobby after 30 years away and this is exactly what I needed. Thanks.
Glad it helped!
Well i last made a model kit about 24 years ago but recently decided that i was going to return to the hobby. As all my old kit had been stored in my mother's garage for a couple of decades, when she decided to get rid of the garage my tools etc were binned. Yet somehow my trusty scalpel escaped, i just need new blades.
As for airbrushes, it was the first thing I've bought toolwise. I've never owned or used one before, so it's a cheap one. I know that I have a steep learning curve ahead of me but I'm looking forward to the challenge. As I'm virtually housebound these days it's not like time is tight.
In the old days my tools were my scalpel, a very small metal file, metal nail clippers like the pair in the video. Then there was Humbrol liquid glue like the Tamiya cement, a selection of about 25 Tamiya paints suitable for German armour and half a dozen brushes.
I think that was about all i had.
I have been making a wishlist on Amazon, adding to it every time i see something worthwhile on a CZcams video. I think that if I bought everything that I have seen, then I would have spent over £250. Is it sheer madness or has the modelling world changed that much in 34 years?
Either way, thanks for your video. At the very least it will stop me bankrupting myself. 😂😂😂
A cutting mat, steel rule are useful items along with good lighting.
Useful, but not essential. I cover additional items in follow-up videos
I love your videos...while I definitely get your point that an airbrush is an expensive product for your first build...I did get one and my first build was already very decent because of it...therefore I couldn’t wait to start my second one!
Glad you had that experience, but it's not universal, and imagine you'd spent £200 on airbrush kit that you now had no use for....I agree that an airbrush is a fantastic tool, and I will get to do a video on them soon!
Great video and very useful. Thank you for your time and for sharing your wisdom.
Glad it was helpful!
Not done any modelling for close to 20 years, but have decided to get back into it now I have the space and the time. Boy have things come on since I last built a kit!
Going through this checking off the things I should probably get, and finding out what of my old stuff is still usable.
Dried up glue...yup. Rusted knife blades...yup. Paint thats well past usable...check. Have kept the tamiya pots though, for mixing.
On the plus side, I do have a nice airbrush which will do the job. Wasn;t bought for modelling....but with a .2 and .4 needle, thats good to go. Never used it on a model, but I will.
Clothes pegs seem to have been replaced by proper plastic clamps...wonder if the clamps will work as well on the washiong :)
You can also get clothes pegs with silicone "soft touch" grips which also work well as clamps!
And a sence of humour
Superb advice and excellent video.
Nice one👍.
Neil
Glad you enjoyed it
Coming from the perspective of an accomplished warhammer hobbyist.
I don't like scalpels -- just one of those retractable knives you can get from the hardware store is fine, less likely to slice your finger open. I've still got the scar from 12 year old me with the scalpel cutting into the first joint of the knuckle -- don't do it. Get a retractable knife, it'll do just as well.
Xuron cutters are the best I've found. Don't cut stuff off the sprue with your knife. Use the knife to clean it up.
Any file set will do, get a cheap chinese set off ebay for miniatures, you don't need detailed sanding pads unless you are really anal about this stuff. With a 150 grit cheap £5 ebay set in all shapes I've done just fine and it's worked just fine on the air models i've worked on.
Acrylics work fine, and better than fine. Avoid the tamiya acrylics, they dry too fast, and you can't thin them with water. Use AK, Vallejo Model Colour, or Citadel. You can even uses washes for extra detail without needing all that oil thinning junk.
Cheers, a regular warhammer hobbyist who's built a handful of air models in the last year.
Thanks, although I have to say that I disagree on many fronts here - the retractable knives from hobby stores aren't generally suitable for modelling, and most modellers don't use them - they would if they were better for the task.
Files are also generally not used, good snippers, hobby knives and sanding sticks have replaced them.
The best snippers are single bladed ones like DSPIAE, Mr Hobby, Gobhand etc. The Xuron cutters have some QC issues.
Acrylics are great, but Tamiya are some of the best - you just have to understand them to use them properly - they are vastly superior to the likes of Citadel.
Water washes have their place, but oil washes generally have better characteristics due to the lower surface tension of solvents vs water, and they're easier to remove as well, so give you more control.
Acetone,storage and patience🤣🤣🤣
I'm surprised you've never had a use for needle files, I couldn't do without mine, working on miniatures. Sanding pads or sandpaper will never fit in all of the fine detail as well.
Great video. I was surprised tweezers weren't on the list though.
They're on the next video in that series! (intermediate tools). I only included essentials on this one
Thanks... all excellent. But I was shocked by one thing: the last time I made a model was about 45 years ago, and it would never have crossed my mind to have used anything but enamel. So for this first model (1/32 Revell Mosquito) I've already bought quite a lot of enamels. Perhaps you do a pros and cons for enamels/acrylics somewhere else.
Yep, will do!
Hi Alex.. three questions:
Do you think products specifically for crafts / modelling are more expensive than similar products for other uses? For example I saw a video a few weeks ago where the modeller tried out files aimed at manicures and the worked just as well as model specific files.
Ref paints; you mentioned spray cans aka rattle cans. Cheaper would you say as you get a much greater volume for a similar price than in a paint pot? Good for undercoats I would think.
Do you think tool /sets/ represent good value for money compared to buying tools separately?
1) Yes, most "hobby" items are premium prices compared to non-hobby alternatives.
2) Spray cans - you need to be careful as some cheap ones are unsuitable, but generally good quality automotive sprays are just as good and cheaper
3) It depends. Model tool sets - absolutely not (I did a video on this specifically), and generally you'll find sets include some elements you don't want/need, so decreasing their "value".